Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 13.73% or 4.73 points to trade at 39.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Relx NV (AS:RELN) added 1.87% or 0.310 points to end at 16.865 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.78% or 3.30 points to 188.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND), which fell 0.34% or 0.20 points to trade at 58.92 at the close. Gemalto (AS:GTO) declined 0.32% or 0.16 points to end at 49.50 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was down 0.32% or 0.018 points to 5.516.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 94 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 13.66% to 14.74.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.77% or 0.47 to $61.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.12% or 0.72 to hit $65.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1355.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2441, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 88.84.